Book contents
- Writing Literary History in the Greek and Roman World
- Writing Literary History in the Greek and Roman World
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I Between Literature and Scholarship
- Part II Lives and Afterlives
- Chapter 6 From Comedy to Literary History
- Chapter 7 Constructing Virgil and His Biography
- Chapter 8 ‘Another X’
- Chapter 9 Philostratus in Verse
- Part III Narratives of Change
- Epilogue
- Afterword
- Bibliography
- Index Locorum
- Index of Subjects
Chapter 7 - Constructing Virgil and His Biography
from Part II - Lives and Afterlives
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 June 2024
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Book contents
- Writing Literary History in the Greek and Roman World
- Writing Literary History in the Greek and Roman World
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I Between Literature and Scholarship
- Part II Lives and Afterlives
- Chapter 6 From Comedy to Literary History
- Chapter 7 Constructing Virgil and His Biography
- Chapter 8 ‘Another X’
- Chapter 9 Philostratus in Verse
- Part III Narratives of Change
- Epilogue
- Afterword
- Bibliography
- Index Locorum
- Index of Subjects
Summary
Virgil’s is the only literary biography whose development, from the early Imperial Age to Late Antiquity and beyond, we can examine. It was largely constructed through inferences drawn from the author’s works, selected on the basis of their reception and according to the cultural characteristics of different ages of reception. The biography was adapted to school teaching, particularly in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, but it was also influenced by the critical interpretation of Virgil, which variously modified the image and the evaluation of the poet.
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- Writing Literary History in the Greek and Roman World , pp. 144 - 166Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024